different between lately vs closely
lately
English
Etymology
From late +? -ly [15th C.]. Compare Old English læt??e (“slowly, tardily”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?le?t.li/
- Hyphenation: late?ly
Adverb
lately (comparative latelier or more lately, superlative lateliest or most lately)
- Recently; not long ago; of late.
- I'd lately returned from Japan.
- It's only lately that I've been well enough to get out of bed.
Synonyms
- freshly, lately; see also Thesaurus:recently
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Talley, lealty, yell at
lately From the web:
- what lately means
- lately what tense
- lately what does that mean
- what's up lately
- what is lately social
- what happened lately
- what do lately mean
- what rhymes lately
closely
English
Etymology
close +? -ly
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kl??sli?/
Adverb
closely (comparative closelier or more closely, superlative closeliest or most closely)
- In a close manner.
- Finnish and Estonian are closely related languages.
- The borderline between East and West Berlin was very closely guarded.
- The chairs are too closely spaced; could you move them apart?
- (obsolete) secretly; privately
Translations
Anagrams
- colleys
closely From the web:
- what closely stacked flattened sacs
- what closely related to humans
- what closely held company
- what closely mean
- what closely related species
- what's closely in french
- closely what does it mean
- what is closely associated with credit claiming
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